Frozen section of thyroid and parathyroid specimens

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 129, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1575-1584

  Anton, Rose C ^a,b   Wheeler, Thomas M ^c  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFACT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EVALUATION; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PARATHYROID DISEASE; PARATHYROIDECTOMY; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID DISEASE; THYROID NODULE; THYROIDECTOMY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; PARATHYROID DISEASES; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PATHOLOGY, SURGICAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THYROID DISEASES; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 28844493496     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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